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Douglas John Suthers

Examiner (ID: 4059, Phone: (571)272-0563 , Office: P/2654 )

Most Active Art Unit
2654
Art Unit(s)
2654, 2615, 2614, 2695
Total Applications
969
Issued Applications
686
Pending Applications
77
Abandoned Applications
224

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/981552
Headset and method for automatic reduction of ear pressure and barotrauma May 15, 2018 Issued
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15/981512
Apparatus and method for privacy enhancement May 15, 2018 Issued
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15/979529
Stethoscope with extended detection range May 14, 2018 Issued
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15/980491
Detecting unwanted audio signal components by comparing signals processed with differing linearity May 14, 2018 Issued
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15/947710
Headphones with multiple equalization presets for different genres of music Apr 5, 2018 Issued
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16/500026
Device for active control of sound insulation in an autonomous vehicle passenger compartment Mar 22, 2018 Issued
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16/495341
Device for outputting audio signals into the interior of a motor vehicle Mar 13, 2018 Issued
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16/493348
Sound generator for mobile entities Feb 27, 2018 Issued
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16/481205
Processing method and system for panning audio objects Jan 28, 2018 Issued
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15/877543
Mixing microphone signals based on distance between microphones Jan 22, 2018 Issued
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15/874583
Engine harmonic enhancement control Jan 17, 2018 Issued
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15/861246
Systems and methods for providing contactless sensing of percussion instruments Jan 2, 2018 Issued
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15/861033
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for collecting audio data Jan 2, 2018 Issued
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15/860934
Method for outputting audio signal using scene orientation information in an audio decoder, and apparatus for outputting audio signal using the same Jan 2, 2018 Issued
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15/860650
Microphone Structure for Cell Phone Real-Time Voice Translation in Traveling Jan 1, 2018 Abandoned
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15/860451
Systems and methods for generating natural directional pinna cues for virtual sound source synthesis Jan 1, 2018 Issued
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15/845894
Context-aware loudness control Dec 17, 2017 Issued
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15/845247
Vehicle adaptive cruise control noise cancelation Dec 17, 2017 Issued
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15/843232
Method of operating a hearing aid, and hearing aid Dec 14, 2017 Issued
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15/844096
Distributed audio virtualization systems Dec 14, 2017 Issued
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